Holder for fuse-wires.



No. 637,941. Patented Nov. 28, msm.V A. PETERS. HDLDER FUR FUSE WIRES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR PETERS, OF MANITOU, COLORADO.

HOLDER FOR FUSE-WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,941, dated November 28, 1899.

Application filed September 9, 1899. Serial 510.729,972. (No model.) I

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR PETERS, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Manitou, in the county of El Paso and State-of Oolorado, have invented a new and useful Holder for Fuse-Wires, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fuse-Wire holders, and more particularly to that class adapted to hold short lengths of wire of such bulk as may be readily carried about in the pocket, the object of the invention being to provide a simple, small, and efficient device for holding the wire in such a manner thatit may be readily drawn therefrom and after the proper length has been removed the remaining wire may be inclosed in a protecting-casing.

In the drawings formi-ng a portion of this specification and in which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several views, Figure l is a central longitudinal section of the complete device with the parts assembled. Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the spool removed from the casing. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the casing.

Referring now to the drawings, the holder proper consists of a spindle 5, having a diskshaped flange 6 at one end, the edges of which are milled or otherwise roughened to facilitate rotation of the spindle with the fingers. The opposite end of the spindle is preferably reduced, as shown, and is provided with threads 7. Formed upon the spindle, adjajacent the threaded end, is a disk-shaped flange 8, concentric with the spindle and the iiange 6 and having a lesser diameter than the latter. Additional anges 9 are formed intermediate the flanges 6 and 8 and equal in all respects to the iiange 8, the result being the formation of a plurality of equal spaces 10. Between each pair of anges a perforation ll is formed diametrically of the spindle, and in application of the fuse-wire a length of wire has one end inserted in the perforation 1l, and the wire is then wound upon the spindle intermediate the adjacent anges until a suflicient quantity of wire has been applied. The different spaces or compartments 10 are designed to receive wire of different gages, although, as will be understood, anysized wire may be wound therein. In connection with this spindle is employed a cy- `lindrical casing l2, one end of which is open and the opposite end of which has a closure 13, provided with a concentric screw-threaded perforation 14, with which the threaded end of the spindle is adapted for engagement.,

The interior diameter of the cylinder is such that the iianges 8 and 9 will fit snugly therein, while the Iiange 6 will project beyond the outer surface of the casing, and the length of the spindle is such that by rotation thereof, with its threaded end engaging the threads of the perforation 14, the under surface of the flange 6 will be brought to lie snugly against the upper end of the casing to form a tight closure for the casing.

With this construction it will be seen that the casing may be easily and quickly removed from the spindle to permit the application or removal of the fuse-wire and also that the correlative proportions of the flanges 8 and the interior diameter of the casing insure the accurate seating of the threaded end of the spindle to engage the threads of the perforation 14.

It will of course be understood that in practice the size and proportions of the structure maj.T be varied and any desired material may be used, the entire device being preferably somewhat smaller than shown in order-that it may be easily carried in the pocket.

What I claim isl. A fuse-wire holder comprising a casing having a threaded opening in one end thereof, and a spindle having a threaded end adapted to engage the threads of the perforation and provided at its opposite ends with a flange adapted to seat snugly upon the end of the casing, said spindle being adapted to receive a wire.

2. A fuse-wire holder comprising a casing and a spindle adapted to enter the casing, said spindle havinga ange at one end adapted to close the casing and additional flanges at diiferent points of its length, resulting in wire-receiving spaces, and means for holding the spindle within the casing.

3. A fuse-wire holder comprising a casing having a threaded perforation at one end and having its opposite en d normally open and a spindle having threads at one end adapted for engagement with the threads of the casing,

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a flange at the opposite end of the spindle adapted to fit upon the normally-open end of the casing, and additional flanges between the screw-threaded end and the first-named flange and adapted to receive wire between them.

4E. A fuse-Wire holder' comprising a casing having a screw-threaded opening in one end and a spindle havingathreaded end adapted for engagement with the threads of said opening7 a flange at the opposite end of the spindle adapted to lie upon the opposite end ofvthe casing and a plurality of flanges upon the spindle intermediate its ends, said flanges being separated by Wire-receiving spaces and adapted to slidably t within the casing.

5. A fuse-wire holder comprising a casing having a threaded perforation at one end and a spindle adapted to enter the casing and having threads at one end for engagement with the threads of the casing, a flange upon the spindle adjacent the threaded end adapted toslidably fit lthe casing, a ange upon the opposite end of the spindle adapted to lie upon the opposite end of the casing, additional flanges between the rst-named flanges forming wire-receiving spaces, and openings through the spindle adapted to receive the ends of Wires. 'l

6. A fuse-wire holder having a casing and an inclosed spool, the casing having terminal v heads respectively carrying the spool and the ments carried respectively by the members of the holder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR PETERS.

Witnesses:

J. D. TURNER, S. H. GALBRMTH.` 

